700 Gray Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7N 2J3
Our Staff
Ms. Julie
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Administrator,
Lower Elementary Senior Directress
Curriculum Advisor
Ms. Julie is trained and accredited through the North American Montessori Centre for the Lower Elementary, Casa, and Infant/ Toddler programs. She also has her Elementary Montessori accreditation through the Montessori Teacher’s College. Ms. Julie attained a B.Sc. and a B.Ed at the University of Saskatchewan. She has taught in a Montessori classroom as a Director since 2004 and has also taught in the public system for 7 years. Ms. Julie is the founder of Brilliant Star Montessori School and has led our staffing team as our Administrator since our first year in 2009. Ms. Julie has also written Montessori articles for the North American Montessori Training Centre and has many of her pieces published on their website. She has nineteen years of experience coaching children (kayak, canoe, swimming, soccer, volleyball, and track and field). She has coached on a local, provincial, and national level for the sport of sprint canoe and kayak. Ms. Julie has also taught as an instructor at the Ecology Club for Kids for three years in Saskatoon and has received her facilitator training and certification in the Virtues Project, which is a course on Character Building Education for families and schools. Ms. Julie’s passion and enthusiasm for the Montessori philosophy and The Virtues Project guides her in her roles in our school.
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Julie Davidsen
Susan Pezderic
Jason Danielson
Beverly Pongracz
Vikki Markovich
Casa Staff
Ms. Goya
Ms. Lynzie
Ms. Lynzie
Casa Directress
Ms. Goya, has completed her Montessori Casa Director training from the North American Montessori Centre and has also completed her Casa Director accreditation through The Montessori Teachers College. Ms. Goya also has certification for Montessori Music and Art from The Centre for Guided Montessori Studies. Ms. Goya received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan and completed her ECE (Early Childhood Education) Certificate through SIAST. She has worked with children since 2000 in Kindergarten and Elementary schools and was also an EFL teacher overseas. She has been working on Decorative Painting for many years and has acquired a teaching certificate for decorative painting. You can see some of Ms.Goya’s beautiful art work in our school yard and in our classrooms! Ms. Goya’s hobbies are painting, gardening, biking, camping and hiking. Ms. Goya has been working at Brilliant Star Montessori School since 2013!
Ms. Lynzie
Ms. Lynzie
Ms. Lynzie
Casa Assistant
Ms.Lynzie, has completed her Montessori Casa Assistant diploma from The Centre for Guided Montessori Studies. She has also graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a B.Sc. majoring in Kinesiology with Great Distinction. Through the years, she has been involved with physical activity programs for children of varying ages and abilities. Some of these programs include PAAL (Physical Activity for Active Living), Special Olympics and teaching dance for 7 years. She has taken training through "The National Coaching Certification Program" and "Sports Medicine and Science Council of Saskatchewan" for multi-sport training and safety certifications. Ms. Lynzie has been the Elementary Physical Education Instructor at our school for five years. She is an energetic individual who is passionate about a healthy lifestyle and having fun through physical activity. She is overjoyed to be returning to the Brilliant Star Montessori school community again this fall with her two daughters and moving into the Casa classroom as full time assistant!
Elementary Staff
Ms. Julie
Ms. Jackie
Ms. Julie
Administrator,
Lower Elementary Senior Directress
Curriculum Advisor
Ms. Julie is trained and accredited through the North American Montessori Centre for the Lower Elementary, Casa, and Infant/ Toddler programs. She also has her Elementary Montessori accreditation through the Montessori Teacher’s College. Ms. Julie attained a B.Sc. and a B.Ed at the University of Saskatchewan. She has taught in a Montessori classroom as a Director since 2004 and has also taught in the public system for 7
years. Ms. Julie is the founder of Brilliant Star Montessori School and has led our staffing team as our Administrator since our first year in 2009. Ms. Julie has also written Montessori articles for the North American Montessori Training Centre and has many of her pieces published on their
website. She has nineteen years of experience coaching children (kayak, canoe, swimming, soccer, volleyball, and track and field). She has coached on a local, provincial, and national level for the sport of sprint canoe and kayak. Ms. Julie has also taught as an instructor at the Ecology Club for Kids for three years in Saskatoon and has received her facilitator training and certification in the Virtues Project, which is a course on Character Building Education for families and schools. Ms. Julie’s passion and enthusiasm for the Montessori philosophy and The Virtues Project guides her in her roles in our school.
Ms. Eve
Ms. Jackie
Ms. Julie
Elementary Assistant
French Directress
Ms. Eve, has her Bachelor of French Education as well a Bachelor of Arts in French. Ms. Eve is currently completing her Lower Elementary Montessori Director training through the North American Montessori Centre. Ms. Eve grew up in a bilingual home, attended French Immersion throughout her school years and studied French at the University of Regina and at Université Laval. She also enjoyed spending some time in France. All these experiences have given Ms. Eve and wealth of understanding of the French language and culture. When she’s not at school, Ms. Eve is loves to be at home with her family. Her hobbies include hiking, yoga, creating delicious food in the kitchen, drinking all kinds of tea, sitting by the fire, listening to music, getting her hands dirty in the garden and working on little projects around her house. Ms. Eve has been working at Brilliant Star Montessori since 2018 and she is very excited to continue on the staffing team at Brilliant Star Montessori again this year and share her passion with our students. Ms. Eve has two children in our class and enjoys coming to school each day with them.
Ms. Jackie
Ms. Jackie
Ms. Jackie
Elementary Music Directress
Ms. Jackie, has her Bachelor of Music in Music Education along with her Bachelor of Education. Ms. Jackie has worked in Montessori schools as an educational assistant and a Music directress where she worked directly with toddler, preschool and kindergarten aged children. Outside of the classroom, Ms. Jackie runs her own private violin studio of over 30 children, several toddler and preschool Music classes, and string quartets. She also volunteers her time with Saskatoon Summer Players and Cornerstone Theater to help put on large productions. Ms. Jackie has been working at Brilliant Star Montessori School since 2018 and is looking forward to another great year at Brilliant Star Montessori School.
Our Staff Mission Statement
Our goal as a staff is to work as a united, encouraging team alongside parents in a positive community of support and guidance. We will strive to provide joyful learning through the Montessori Education and the Virtues Program for our students in a secure, peaceful, and caring environment that nurtures the development of every child and their natural curiosity for learning.